RE: The argument against "evil", theists please come to the defense.
July 24, 2012 at 1:08 pm
(This post was last modified: July 24, 2012 at 1:18 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Again, if this special pleading is fair then you should probably abandon reason (you already have, in any case). Our lives here in the real world are not stories. There is a clear difference in that in a story -when the character dies a terrible death- it is just a story. You can pick up a story, put a story down. You can pick and choose which stories you might enjoy reading/hearing. I can think of no way to cheapen the business of life more completely than to compare it to Little Red Riding Hood, good job. All this nonsense about higher choices and justice and honor has eveything to do with your own personal value judgements and nothing whatsoever to do with the world beyond your head or any god. Your sense of fairness and "just rewards" do not compel the universe (or anything at all, even yourself) to act in accordance to your wishes. Do yourself a favor, ditch the whole rewards narrative, do "good" because you are good - or, conversely, do "evil" because you are evil. Own it, make it yours, and stop hoping for a handout from the almighty, a little "atta-boy" from the creator of all, because you decided -in your infinite virtue- not to steal cookies from the cookie jar.
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